GH Foods, Inc.’s journey began in 1975 as More Foods Inc. It started as a plantation for cucumber and a variety of vegetables on Negros Island to be exported to Japan with a dream of becoming a globally competitive exporter of quality produce.
Throughout the late 1970s, More Foods Inc. experimented with planting different varieties of cucumber (e.g., white cucumber, Japanese cucumber) and Hawaii ginger. They were successful in planting and exporting their products to Japan.
More Foods Inc. then transitioned into RM Farmers and redirected to focusing on planting locally grown cucumbers to be made into premium quality pickles for the Philippine market. Soon after, The company expanded into other crops and explored other fruits and vegetables that were ideal for export and local markets.
By the mid-1980s, the company became known as PRISM Foods which continued to produce pickled cucumber chips and ventured further to manufacturing canned milkfish and meat products such as ham, bacon, and corned beef. In 1993, under a more youthful and dynamic leadership, PRISM Foods turned into GH Foods Inc.
Today, GH Foods, Inc. continues to maintain solid long-term relationships with employees whose positions have been passed down from generations. The company believes that motivating and encouraging its team to grow and increase their skill will guarantee a pleasant work environment for them, and inspire them to produce good products.
GH Foods, Inc. continues to produce premium quality products, including Sweet Pickles (in whole, chips, relish, and mixed), Pickled Papaya or Atchara, sweetened Nata de Coco in various flavors, sweetened Kaong, Dried Herring in Oil, Bangus in Oil, Ginisang Bagoong (Guinamos).
They also have expanded the meat processed foods to include bacon, ham, pork tocino, chorizo hamonado, chorizo recado, beef tapa, chili garlic corned beef, and deli sausages such as Schublig, Bratwurst, Hungarian, Frankfurter, Italian Garlic, American Breakfast, and Country sausages.
Although the company no longer focuses on growing cucumber, it has provided practical livelihood for small farmers based in Negros Island and in Mindanao as contract growers for local cucumber and sweet palm fruit.